7.8
HIGH
CVE-2016-7661
Apple Power Management Local Privilege Escalation
Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Power Management" component. It allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to Mach port name references.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 20, 2017, 8:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:58 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-7661 has a 4 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-7661 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apple mac_os_x
2 Apple iphone_os
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Project Zero Team iOS 10 Jailbreak

Swift C

Updated: 7 years, 7 months ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : March 17, 2017, 9:13 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

KPP attack by Ian Beer

Swift C

Updated: 7 years, 9 months ago
0 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : Feb. 9, 2017, 4:06 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

KPP attack by Ian Beer

mach-service mach-portal dangling-port-pointers

Swift C

Updated: 3 years, 10 months ago
7 stars 6 fork 6 watcher
Born at : Jan. 1, 2017, 3:39 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=965#c2

mach-portal xcode

Swift C Objective-C

Updated: 1 year, 11 months ago
15 stars 7 fork 7 watcher
Born at : Dec. 18, 2016, 9:02 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-7661 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-7661 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40958/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40931/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 27, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037469 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 22, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94906 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94906 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT207422 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT207422 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT207423 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT207423 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 21, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94906 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-7661 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-7661 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.00501

percentile

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